New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
Mr.. SHAFER AND KATIE METZ
HER STORY AGAINST CLEARY UNsHAKEN.

McQuade and ONeil to ntamy and prison cell, told
her dramatic story of the Aldermen's nightly gather
ngs again Yesterday and drove hard and fast the nail
OF positive Identification into Cleary's coffin. Mr.
Skater stormed and ragged and beat the air. but she
soid; 81 saw Mr.. Cleary with the others" He
stealthiy led her this and that till he had got her
to tne very blink OF his trap but when he pnt the final
! question her came without hesitation " No.
sir: | know | Mr.. Cieary with tSe Others He
talked to her in language she c0nd not understand, he
m,.lnterprcted what sho said and distorted it and
| threw 1t back at her twisted out of shape but she
smoothed it all out with runous candor: No, sir you
hit got Inc wrong; dot vas MT yust vat say you
don't sre vat tell he dere. seen him going
| in and coming Oudt mid de rest"
The days proceedings be, With the technical proof
offered by Mr.. NicJl that Cleary was an Alderman
troL tho irst Monday IN January, 1884, to the first
Monday January, 1885. This tact the defence con-
ccded. Then Mr.. Mascot. with whom Katie lives,
was called and testin thar she lived next door to the
dead Aide. man, Mclaughlin. in the summer and tall
OF lss4 in West Thirty -iourthst. tclow Nintll.ave
lila house and those either side OF il Were precisely
her i've NJ =. Massett remembered that during
McLoug glin's illness in 1884 many persons called at
her house asking tor him. Katie ATTENDED the upper
door.
Then Katie herself called She is a small Young
woman, extremity German in appearance, with a
p mp and apey figure. Her blue eyes are not
pUstyciy 'srd. but OF them has tendency to
Look the other way. Their expression is frank and
| remarkably bright.
hr Nco ex mined her. He did it carefully and
tellnIly, without leaonG- her at all. In an
sye to lis questions Katie said that years ago
sic came from Germany, where her father now hves
lie was nan OF means keeping horses and ser ants
his tat SHE wanted TO do Tor herself and came
TO Amcncn, where her bo rs were She first went 10
Germantown. where she obia ned employment Ill
! German family whose maine she could rot remember.
Sh" stayed with elm Il year ~ Il then came 10 New-
ork and to service with al other family. linen
she went 10 Mrs. sassctt with whom she had since
lived. Ouc ght in sS4 the bell rang and she went
10 the duo Several men on the stO0p and ASKED
Tor Mr. llcl.Jugnln. Sne told them lie did not live
tIerc ut III the next house, and went outside with
them and Dointed out tue place: She waited saw
.. l4,rf fl.an
evenings 10 sit Ou the stoop or stand by the
gaze. and she them come ou' that night ny
| twos anl btc-s. There were about dozen OF them.
she saw them again about two weeks later one OF
them mad mistake about the house again ana came
first Mrs. Massctt-. She saw th' III two or three
u again during the summer, ofen enough TO iaii-
| iariZe herself with several ct the faces
Then Mr.. Nicoll asked DO you see any ore in this
Yes. sirS she said; IL saw Mr. Cleary vho sits
| there
Are YOU surc ?"
ayes. sir know I saw him"
! I" More than once
Yes. sir twO Ur three different times' liemehper
| his face we'll.
Mr.. NIcod thea chdeavored to shoN how he had dis
covered Katie. how rhe had Identified the hve faces OF
| Fullcrn1 Mcyundc o. ell, Clehry and Dempsey from
the pictures 'lhe Graphic und how he had secured
hcr Tor win ss. but court sustained all of MI
Shaers cciIons to ths line OF examination. main
tanning that those were per subjects Tor cross eX
animation il counsel desired to bring them out, but
incompetent as direct evidence against Cleay
She - YOUR wItncss" SAID Mr. NIcol.
Mr. Shacr made b illiaut cross-eXaminGton
Nv Nicnil once or twice inrerlcrcd protect the
witness. But the Judge sad he should allow Mr.
shaier the ge itc-t Latitude III the subeeton OF the
witucs.s u mory and good iath To tests. The lawyer
street he'd this judicial permission TO Its utmost limit
IL wns nuts Ior Mr. Soaer that she couldn't re-
member The name the German alIly she hrst lived
with. What! And with them n whole year, Day aud
nsht Tor .i65 days aud yet unable TO recall Hes
/ how wa, that shc did remember On! IL had con-
veuleutly cone TO her. had It The nat was rather
wormy Wei, thrn. II she renirmte cred IT, what was
IT Hey II was Ilcl, was III Nov, what bro eht
int In tho fsE at m rs
, | Glance ste Just gNc Mr.. Nicoll Now, now. now.
.top looking AZ Mr. Ncu and look at him. lie de
.rcI mOnOoly of ber attention. He wasn't ~ hand
,ome NJ Mr. Nlcol. perhaps but she must Keep hcr
cyc- on him. How many ileils were there IN the tam,
iyl Six WHAT wSrc their namesi Hey WHAT !
She cOul Mt remember Amazing Lived WIN
them whole year and couldn't remember their names.
and yet alter having seen or pretended to see lom
Clrarv two or three times ut night two years and a
half ago she came here and dared TO that she
remembered his lace Hey She could remember
iccs better than names How many people were
aboard TIE ship she came over in seven years ago
Three hundred ! II they were to come IN here now,
would she remember them Some OF EN-, eh Well.
how many She codldn say Well. ne guessed nG';
How many times had she seen Cleary several on
How many was several Was he on the stoop when
she went to answer the bell that night She didn't
know I Dd she see hm at nj that hrst night 7
She couldn't sly about that night or any particular
D | night. bu. she knew she saw
Stop Aone of that now. She must answer his
question Now Mr. Nicoll must not interfere. lie
Sould not allow Mr. Ncoll to interfere. IL was unfair
This was . serious matter to his client lie repeated
| il, il grossly unfair and
The Judge could not permit Mr. Shafer to character
, ! re Mr. Nicoll objection. . 49,
Mr. Nlcoll did not mud it in the least lie did not
care a whit what Mr. Shaier- . 49, . .
Mr.. Sh Ter cared IA little for Mr. Nicoli as MT
Nicol cared for -
The Judge desired this alteration TO cease mme-
diacly. W.T. n,
And thus it went on for two hoars. Finally, MT.
Shaier turned YEARLY to his associates ana w'Pns ns
heated lace, mhispcrcd, " What under U0ds heavens
, el,e il there Z
Katie wa, about to CO. when Juror Currey asked Il
t...A
PICTURES The court said that testimony had III
bscn ruled out under the defendants opecton'
Se' crh jurors showed that they uiih ,er Sr
ceiycd that IL would be highly impolitic 10 III
sst on his objection and he reluctantly eaGu n'o M
back Then it oil out h." Detective hoO,nson
called at Mrs Massetts and asked about McLougnhn
ser, ants how she sent Tor Katie as beng more h-vy M
To know; how Katie was questioned hs !" ne ro-
Louohlins callers in the sumner oil 81 no" enc
membercd tn. bearded Fulgrali ana the poyIsn .uo
Quaue how Mr.. NicoIl came to see her ana SHOWED a
her The Graph.c's pictures; how sho Pckeu out ,
the five faces hch with the exception oil th o. s"o
fugitive Dempsey she identified in couit' IL was I"
telling story and il greatly disturbed tne aeisn'9 C.n
Charles B. Alexander, oi Alexander u If'I ,n
| de ,oscd that on August 20. 1881, he hanuou 'ho
papcrs discontnung the injunction SUI, o' ,n oonm
Iyddy a.ainst the Board of Aldermen 10 James ~
Richmond and o. T.. Bright, attorney OF the later %
The witness had settled the case on oeha oi n nnn
moud by the payment OF Sl2,ooo' Az nrs' s'o'oo'
Captain Francis j. Twomey, clerk OF the Boara Oh
Aldermen, identified records OF tue a Doa,G eo's,s Sr
iol ia the various steps by which the broad"ni Su
iace Rair ,ad scheme was presented and pushed
through. Mr. Shaer obiccting at every p0'h. h1
witness related the details OF the calling oil tne sPcc'
meeting OF August 80, 1884. lhat was ,ne ,; un,a
meeting held at % a. H. that he could recall durits
The thirty years in which he had been Connected Was
| the Board. In oycrruling the numerous ooleeuons
ustce barrett sad that they had all been raised ON
the Jachne trial and that his rulings hHd been s"s
tanned by the Court OF Appeals. A., D,
Osborne L. Bright. OF the counsei Oh ,ne D 80
way Surface Railroad Company, declined 10 suaso
what had been done by him professionally IN ohac
ton with the carrying through OF the r'iroau
excrpt that he had aided in preparing the papers
Cross examined. he said that he regarded 1he
suit as a scandalous backmaing scheme he a ass,s
in preparing the resolutions passed BY tne
lie did not think there was anything in those resoiu
tons contrary to the interests oil the CITY, .. o
EA.Mayor Edison testified that between ~ HaS T"orJ
| xrLn Lc acniL Lia mcHsAgc 10 luc Doulut